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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Insubstantial vs. unsubstantial

I prefer using insubstantial, but it's because I like the way it rolls off my tongue. I find people who use 'unsubstantial' sound insubordinate in the English language.
  

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Anonymous I find people who use 'unsubstantial' sound insubordinate in the English language.
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I use unsubstantial in reference to thinness, lacking mass or bulk and insubstantial in reference to weakness or when something fails to live up to its potential. "It's not just that the first issue, being only 6 pages, seemed unsubstantial, it's also that the rehashed reporting and uninspired editorial seemed markedly insubstantial."

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